#while not nominating the other

[oldbaton]

Remember when Andrew Burnap was not nominated for a single award in London or New York with the sole exception of the Tony Award and then he randomly WON??? (Which is even more interesting because his co lead in London got all the attention and picked up the Olivier). That is so rare for someone who had competed in not one but two awards seasons. And so remarkably deserving. Just incredible performance.

[paintedscales]

Cinnamon Hearts :>

[firebirdsdaughter]

Hmmm…

… Everyone's jumping to shipping for Boonboomger, and I get why, but I'm personally feeling more family vibes. Think this could be a good team-centric season.

[harumscarumcos]

I’m just happy to know no Disney/Disney adjacent films won for the sole fact they are Disney/Disney adjacent

Congrats to The Boy and the Heron on the Oscar win, still proud of each movie that ended up nominated in the section

[florencewellch]

How do you feel about Midnights winning AOTY and POPVOCAL?

I'm definitely not looking forward to the discourse that's gonna inevitably take place for the next 2 weeks

[r0nnietherat]

I have a confession to make. When I went to see blackberry in theaters, there were fucking FLIES in there and THE WHOOOOOOOOLE GODDAMNED MOVIE these flies flew in front of the projector. Onto our poor Glennis’ face.

So in conclusion, that’s probably why he didn’t get the Oscar nom

[speeedyquick1245]

Hozier wrote “You called me "angel" for the first time, my heart leapt from me You smile now, I can see its pieces still stuck in your teeth And what's left of it, I listen to it tick Every tedious beat” and then a song with “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby” got nominated for a Grammy. I don’t mean to bash but seriously let’s get our heads on straight. How did this man get zero nominations while others like this did?

[sonknuxadow]

good night to be a guy who doesnt watch the game awards unless sonic is there

[dashiellqvverty]

charles melton 100% shouldve gotten the nom instead of ryan gosling btw. i havent seen any of the other movies with best supporting actor noms but i know that much.

[thissmycomingofage]

the response to Oppenheimer was good but Barbie's bad because of white feminism as if Oppenheimer wasn't humanizing the man who was responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. Responsible for so much suffering. As if some of the people behind the Oppenheimer movie aren't also openly endorsing the Palestinian genocide.

Imagine if someone made a movie like that about Osama Bin Laden and told Americans it was ok because he was a complex human. Suddenly it would be evil to humanize someone like that.

I like Barbie. I don't think it's the pinnacle of feminism but I don't think it has to be and I hate the people who use that as an excuse to put it down (especially in comparison to movies like Oppenheimer).

I literally had to deal with people using lily gladstone's nom to rejoice about margot robbie's snub and praising "give it back to the indians" Oppenheimer in the same breath.

And the worst part is that some of those people are nothing but cinema lovers who get too easily blinded by the famous artsy director's name on the poster.

Because Oppenheimer is ✨️art✨️ and is ✨️complex✨️ while Barbie is popular and fun so suddenly all its flaws are highlighted because it lacks the cinematic pretentiousness of other nominees that also have so much issues with their message

[jorgecrespo]

those pesky oscars are always keeping me on my toes

[toxic-mothers-tourney]

Hi! I submitted Thetis from The Song of Achilles (TSOA). She is So Awful I thought I'd share some evidence. Tw for sexual assault.

Thetis kidnaps her son (Achilles) to trap him on an island, separating him from his father and his partner (Patroclus, the narrator). When Patroclus finds the island, it's revealed that Achilles has married a princess who is pregnant with his child (Pyrrhus). Achilles and Patroclus have this conversation:

"Please, wait. Please, let me explain. I did not want to do it. My mother—” He was breathless, almost panting. I had never seen him so upset. “She led the girl to my room. She made me. I did not want to. My mother said—she said—” He was stumbling over his words. “She said that if I did as she said, she would tell you where I was.”

... “You did it for nothing.”

“What do you mean?”

“Your mother did not tell me where you were. It was [your father].”

His face had gone pale, bled dry. “She did not tell you?”

"No. Did you truly expect she would?”

“Yes,” he whispered.

TSOA, Chapter 12

In the excerpt below, Patroclus has died in the Trojan war and observes as a ghost. Achilles returns from another day of killing Trojans in a grief-driven murder spree. Thetis warns him that the god Apollo will punish him if he doesn't stop:

“Achilles.” She strides to him, seizes his chin. “Listen to me. You go too far in this. I will not be able to protect you from [Apollo].”

He jerks his head from her and bares his teeth. “I do not need you to.”

Her skin is whiter than I have ever seen it. “Do not be a fool. It is only my power that—”

“What does it matter?” He cuts her off, snarling. “[Patroclus] is dead. Can your power bring him back?”

“No,” she says. “Nothing can.”

He stands. “Do you think I cannot see your rejoicing? I know how you hated him. You have always hated him! If you had not gone to Zeus, he would be alive!”

“He is a mortal,” she says. “And mortals die.”

“I am a mortal!” he screams. “What good is godhead, if it cannot do this? What good are you?”

“I know you are mortal,” she says. She places each cold word as a tile in a mosaic. “I know it better than anyone. I left you too long on Pelion. It has ruined you.” She gestures, a flick, at his torn clothing, his tear-stained face. “This is not my son.”

His chest heaves. “Then who is it, Mother? Am I not famous enough? I killed Hector. And who else? Send them before me. I will kill them all!”

Her face twists. “You act like a child. At twelve Pyrrhus is more of a man than you...He will come, and Troy will fall...He is the next Aristos Achaion [best Greek warrior].”

“I am not dead yet.”

“You may as well be.” The words are a lash. “Do you know what I have borne to make you great? And now you would destroy it for this?” She points at my festering body, her face tight with disgust. “I am done. There is no more I can do to save you.” Her black eyes seem to contract, like dying stars. “I am glad that he is dead,” she says. It is the last thing she will ever say to him.

TSOA, Chapter 31

Thetis' whole plan was to make Achilles into a god. If his fame was great enough, he'd become immortal. As a goddess, she will never enter the afterlife, so making her son immortal was the only way for her to avoid losing him.

Thetis did not plan to have Achilles; she became pregnant when Achilles' father sexually assaulted her. As a goddess, Thetis is different from humans both physically and culturally. Gods are more unemotional and cold, and Thetis shows a consistent distaste for mortals. Achilles sees himself as mortal, and it hurts him to see her reject all the Earthly things that contribute to his personhood.

Only after she loses Achilles to the afterlife does Thetis come to accept his mortal side. She listens to Patroclus' ghost tell her stories about Achilles. Eventually, she makes it so Patroclus' ghost is no longer trapped on Earth, and he and Achilles reunite in the afterlife.

Thetis is very complex. I think the book puts effort into showing the trauma Achilles endures under his mother & how it shapes him. At the same time, the books lets us know that having a mortal son was thrust on Thetis against her will. In the end, after repeatedly sacrificing Achilles' happiness in the name of keeping him alive, Thetis gives up the comfort of Patroclus' stories to make Achilles happy. A very notable, toxic, complicated fictional mom.

^^^

[bigskydreaming]

@ankahikoibaat

I don’t even go here in terms of that fandom in your last reblog but oooof do I relate to it. IMO there’s definitely a larger discussion to be had about the tendency across multiple fandoms for a lot of the most diehard shippers to only be invested or appreciative of one half of their chosen OTP, and with this constantly making a visible appearance via the Hand of the Author always taking shots at the other half of the pairing - most often in the form of their intelligence. 

(IMO even more-so than we tend to see this phenomenon filtered through the form of calling into question a partner’s ethics or moral code, etc. No, its always about how smart or competent they are, as if everything else is irrelevant and that’s the easiest or most essential vehicle for putting one half of a ship down and making sure they’re viewed by readers as the weak link in the pair).

Its frustrating and annoying on a lot of levels, but above all else every time I see it happen it just smacks of self-sabotage too?? Because I’m always like....isn’t the other person in this pairing, the character you the author actually like, supposed to be truly, madly, deeply in love with this character? Why do you think they even WANT to be with this person if the way you write their POV constantly has them bemoaning this person’s existence or acting like they’re a constant drain on them or a burden to be around?

[pleckthaniel]

I mostly just can't wait to get several months deep into hrt and have my parents finally start to truly visualize me as a man and suddenly be struck with the realization that I am a huge faggot

[unproduciblesmackdown]

the sense of having any lore about the ancient [ten to thirteen years ago] of marble hornets times like granpa granpa tell us a greentext story....the only hitch is not having stories and instead having "i guess you had to be there" tales from the fringes, unless instead of a hitch you frame this as a bit

[timelessbibliophile]

Bruh why did anyone think hsmtmts was emmy worthy? Like fr, it's enjoyable, sure, but it doesn't deserve an emmy. Maybe in hair and makeup or design of costumes, but lighting??? Coreography??? outstanding teen series????

Babe, please

You don't put The Mysterious Benedict Society (go watch it if you haven't‼️), Heartstopper, Dooggie Kamealoha with freaking hsmtmts.

Again, it's a fun, drama-filled show, but all these nominations are so out of nowhere I think